Death ofJohn Nkomo

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — State radio in Zimbabwe says President Robert Mugabe has announced the death of Vice President John Nkomo. He was 79.

Nkomo died in a Harare hospital early Thursday after a long illness, the radio said. The second of two vice presidents, he had not appeared at meetings of Mugabe's party or state functions for several months.

A former opponent of Mugabe, Nkomo joined a unity government formed in 1987 at the end of an armed rebellion...